Bianchigirl - I am wondering about the exact year myself and not knowing too much about the introduction of certain features that would help. The handlebars are 22mm if that says anything. It seems to be set up more as a touring bike of sorts. Looking at the components it obviously was ridden very little - the wear is quite minor - even the brake pads show a lack of use. I would have frowned on a bike like this even a year ago but I find versatile utility models such as this are actually a lot of fun as I can also take it off road. It is very nicely finished and I like the fact that there are a pair of small guide tubes under the bottom bracket shell for the cable to run through versus a simple cast in notch you usually find. There must be some date stamp on the Shimano components that might help if I can find them.